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Non-Challenge: Blind Spot 1

Adrenaline pumped. His breath ragged. He ran and hid behind an overturned table. Sanzo was tired of this game of cat and mouse, and he was pissed off.

“Damn it! Where is he?” he muttered to himself.

Sweat slid down his cheek then down his neck into his collar.

He peaked around the edge and saw it: a flash of light.

“Got you!” Sanzo steadied his breath, aimed, and fired.

The next instance his laser tag alarm sounded.

Hakkai chuckled, “Got you, Sanzo.”

“Shit!”

Sanzo turned to see Hakkai standing in the one place he couldn't see from his position.

Title: Sanzo Can't Find Out
Characters: the Sanzo Ikkou

“Hurry up, Gojyo,” Goku half-whined. “I don’t want Sanzo to catch us.”

“Shut up,” Gojyo snarled. “I heard ya the first hundred times.”

Goku squirmed. He feared what Sanzo would do if he caught them.

“Damn!” Gojyo grunted. “Tighter than I imagined.”

Outside the hotel room door, they could hear Sanzo and Hakkai's voices drawing closer. When they heard the jangle of keys, they froze.

“Gojyo, what do we do?”

Sanzo and Hakkai walked in.

“What the hell are you two up to?” snarled Sanzo as he marched over and yanked his glasses lens and frame out of Gojyo's hands.

Title: Mix Up

Sanzo and Hakkai lingered at the breakfast table, finishing their respective coffee and tea. Gojyo and Goku ran off to do last minute supply shopping under penalty of a bullet between their eyes.

“Where’s Sha Gojyo?” roared an irate woman. “He deflowered my baby.”

Hakkai sighed; Sanzo snarled, “Idiot!”

The mother heard Sanzo and focused his companion. "You!" she howled as she grabbed the front of Hakkai’s shirt. "You will pay for what you did!"

"Madam, I’m not–"

She yanked Hakkai out of his chair.

Sanzo steadied his revolver on the woman. "He's not damn Gojyo; release him now!"

Non-Challenge

Title: Appreciation

Not gonna drop it, Gojyo thought as he ran through the streets.

He arrived home with the package intact.

“Gojyo, where have you been?” Jien rushed to his brother. “What have you been up to?”

Gojyo shoved the package into his brother’s hands.

Jien stared at it. “What’s this?”

“Open it.”

Jien opened the package to find a crimson dragon.

“Where’d you get the money for this?”

“The money you gave me.”

Jien was gobstruck for a moment then ruffled Gojyo’s hair.

“Thank you. Next time, keep the money to buy something for yourself.”

Gojyo’s smile lit up his face.

Title: The Makings of a Fighter
Challenge: Won’t Back Down

“Hey, freak!”

“Where ya goin’? ”

“You can’t escape from us. There’s nowhere you can hide.”

Bullshit, Gojyo thought.

Thanks to his Mother, the streets were his second home. He knew every hidey-hole and everyplace he could get patched up. He had been noting these spots since he was five.

Gojyo was ten now. He knew he could take these older boys.

He led his pursuers on a zig-zag chase to a dead end alley he prepared for such an eventuality.

“We gotcha now, freak?”

Gojyo grabbed a pipe from its hiding place.

“Which one of you dumbasses is first?”

Title: What Goku Doesn't Know Won't Save Him from the Fan
Challenge: Mind Your Own Business

The evening forest air was crisp. There was a full moon illuminating the night. Hakkai was at the campfire, cooking dinner. Gojyo leaned back against a tree and enjoyed a smoke. They tensed for a split second when they heard someone approach then relaxed as Goku entered their campsite.

“Hakkai, Gojyo, have you seen Sanzo? He’s been gone for a while, and I can’t find him.”

“He’s probably taking his frustration out on something beside you, so don’t worry. Or do you want to know where so you can peek, ya pervert?”

“You’re the pervert, jerk!”

“I’m a pervert AND a jerk? Take that back!”

“No! It's true!”

“Oh? Prove it, ya stupid monkey.”

“I'm not stupid!”

“Prove it!”

Hakkai let them argue.

It was a good distraction for Goku. Otherwise, he would continue his search.

Hakkai knew why Sanzo stepped away: today was the anniversary of his Master’s death.

He learned this by accident the previous year.

Like this night, they were camping in a forest. Hakkai was foraging for anything to supplement their meager supplies and stumbled upon Sanzo.

* * * * *

“Don’t shoot!” Hakkai held up his hands.

Sanzo stood up, but did not stop pointing his revolver at Hakkai. “What are you doing here?”

“Looking for herbs and other plants that could refill our supplies. I didn't mean to intrude. I'm sorry.” Hakkai lowered his hands. “Sanzo, could you lower your gun, please? You’re making me nervous.”

Sanzo put away his gun and exhaled.

“This is the first time I've seen you chant, since we first met.” Hakkai remarked.

Sanzo glared at Hakkai for a moment then withdrew his lighter and a pack of cigarettes from his sleeve.

Hakkai silently watched as Sanzo lit up and took several drags.

“My Master died on this day.”

“Ah.” Hakkai turned to walk away and said over his shoulder, “I’ll keep Goku occupied so you can finish in peace.”

“Don’t bother. I'm done.”

As they walked back, Sanzo asked, “She died around now, didn't she?”

* * * * *

“Prove you’re not a perv!”

“Only after you prove you’re not stupid!”

Goku and Gojyo stopped arguing when Sanzo entered the campsite.

“Sanzo! Where have you been?”

Sanzo whacked Goku with his fan.

“None of your damn business.”

Title: A New Friend

Goku was very bored. Sanzo was off again without him thanks to the Sanbutsushin. Worse the monks imprisoned Goku in Sanzo's quarters; an important priestess was visiting.

Goku climbed out the window the moment it was unguarded.

Once free, he found a bald-headed kid in novice robes just about his age. "Hi, I'm Goku."

"I'm Yue."

The two talked and laughed until dusk, when they overheard the monks’ angry voices nearby.

Yue sighed. "They're coming to take me back to Priestess Xiu.” She kissed Goku on the lips. "Thank you, Goku." She ran toward the noise and didn't look back.